Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Dinosaurs and their relatives Spring 2018 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Your instructor... Dr. David Polly Office: Geology Building 524A Department: Geological Sciences Phone: (812) 855-7994 E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:05-1:00 PM (after lecture) and by appointment Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Ankylosauria Stegosauria Ornithopoda (incl. hadrosaurs) Ceratopsia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda (incl. birds) Ornithischia * cheek teeth with low crowns In this course you will... * muscular cheeks * pubis positioned posteriorly Saurischia * lacrimal exposed on skull roof * additional cervical vertebrae Dinosauria * Quadrate exposed on lateral side * perforatd acetabulum gain an increased awareness of evolutionary history of vertebrates, as well as mass extinctions and other events that occurred through the dynamic history of our planet (historical geology). explore the scientific method, including quantitative and qualitative approaches. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Course objectives Dinosaur evolution, classification, phylogeny, paleobiology, paleoecology and extinction The origin and evolution of vertebrates, including dinosaurs and their distant relatives the fish, amphibians and amniotes, and their recent relatives the birds Geography and climate of the Earth during the evolution of these groups but especially during the Mesozoic time of the dinosaurs Gait of Plateosaurus (Mallison, 2010, Palaeontologia Electronica 13.2.8A) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Student Preparation The objectives of the course will be achieved if you.... remember facts, understand the meaning of material presented in lecture and textbook, apply your knowledge to solving geologic problems during lecture and lab, and analyze topics by breaking them down and understanding the relationship among the parts A Triassic phytosaur (Ruitodon) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 lifelong skills of evaluating information pertaining to dinosaurs and their relatives bones and dioramas displayed in museums information in textbooks, coffee table books, popular literature such as National Geographic, Time or USA Today documentaries such as Smithsonian Channel, Discover, NOVA make informed choices by learning to think critically and to evaluate evidence job experience team projects research group presentations Cretaceous tyrannosaurids and Triceratops (Carnegie Museum mural by M. W. Skrepnick) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Class attendance All class meetings are mandatory: two lectures and one lab per week, except as scheduled in the syllabus Labs.... don’t start until next week labs start 75 minutes earlier than shown on Canvas calendar bring printed copies of lab sheets to class every week (downloadable from Canvas) Anne Kort is AI for T 5:45 and W 1:25 Ricardo Ely is AI for W 3:35 and 5:45 The Age of Reptiles mural (1943-47) by Rudolph F. Zallinger at the Peabody Museum of Natural History Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Grades Exams 65% Midterm 1 100 pts Midterm 2 100 pts Final Exam 150 pts In-Lecture Quizzes (x4) 10% Labs (x14) 25% The Age of Reptiles mural (1943-47) by Rudolph F. Zallinger at Each lecture exam is comprehensive and will include material presentedthe Peabody Museum of Natural History from the beginning of the semester. Grade scale: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F=59 & lower (+/- added) Grades are not curved Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Textbook Dinosaurs A Concise Natural History Third Edition. 2014. Cambridge University Press. By David Fastovsky and David Weishampel, illustrations by John Sibbick Bring your textbook to lecture and lab sessions Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Semester schedule for first two weeks Jan. 9 Introduction Jan. 11 The dinosaur skeleton No Lab meetings Jan. 16 No lecture (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) Jan. 18 The dinosaur skull Lab 1: Dinosaur skeletons and their features Reading: Chapter 4 of Dinosaurs Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Canvas Canvas login page at Indiana University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 How many extinct species can you name? Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 What is science? Science is a process for understanding the natural world observations- something that can be seen directly or indirectly interpretations- meaning that is ascribed to an observation fact- an observation or interpretation that is agreed to be true by (nearly) everyone hypotheses- ideas that are tested with new obervations, interpretations, and facts theories- well-developed explanatory frameworks for how processes work based on many observations, interpretations, facts, and hypothesis tests Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Finally, could you tell me on a piece of paper? Name (optional) Where you are from (optional) What interested you in this class? What you hope to learn from the class What you hope you don’t have to learn in the class.